U.S. President Donald Trump plans on seeing Bo Nickal compete on the White Home subsequent 12 months.
Whereas thousands and thousands of People face the very actual risk of dropping their SNAP advantages because of the ongoing authorities shutdown, Trump has been seemingly extra centered on his wholly pointless $250 million renovations at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and the UFC event he has planned for June 2026 in Washington, D.C.
Ever since Trump introduced {that a} Struggle Night time would go down within the nation’s capital, UFC stars have been falling throughout themselves to compete on the once-in-a-lifetime occasion. That features Nickal, who let the POTUS know immediately that he needs to be a part of the festivities.
Based on the previous Nittany Lion, that’s all it took to ensure his spot on the cardboard.
“I used to be on Fox selling the Actual American Freestyle Wrestling occasion, and President Trump noticed it,” Nickal stated throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Show. “He known as me immediately — simply to encourage me and speak concerning the White Home struggle card. I advised him I wished on it, and he stated, ‘Completed deal.’
“So, him and Dana go method again, and if he places in a very good phrase, that may solely assist. I’d be honored to struggle on that card — that’s historical past.”
The occasion is tentatively scheduled for June 14, which simply so occurs to be Trump’s eightieth birthday.
Bo Nickal’s first MMA loss was a ‘Humbling’ expertise
After storming into the UFC with six straight wins, together with back-to-back finishes on Dana White’s Contender Sequence, Nickal suffered his first setback contained in the Octagon, suffering a brutal second-round knockout loss towards Reinier de Ridder at UFC Des Moines.
“I keep in mind the precise occasion if you requested me if I used to be going to be on the ‘Prelims,’ and I scoffed at it,” Nickal stated. “I used to be undoubtedly smug, however there was a bit little bit of reality to that in my place, however on the similar time, it was smug.
“So, now I don’t actually care the place I struggle. If UFC needs to place me first on the struggle card, then I’m completely satisfied to do it. It’s undoubtedly a part of this humbling…. I don’t really feel like I ought to get something I don’t deserve, and I wish to earn all the things I’ve.”
Nickal will look to bounce again from his first profession loss when he meets Rodolfo Vieira at UFC 322 on November 15.
